Ink pad for stamping machines



May 18, 1954 Filed July 15, 1952 E. S. GARVEY INK PAD FOR STAMPINGMACHINES 2 Sheets-Sheet l I I Z6 Z I Z 24- INVENTOR.

May 18, 1954 I E, s, GARVEY 2,678,626

INK PAD FOR STAMPING MACHINES Filed July 15, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR: fame lea 5. $418146? Patented May 18, 1954 iJNiTED STATESiATENT OFFICE INK PAD FOR STAMPING MACHINES Edward S. Garvey, Clayton,Mo.

Application July 15, 1952, Serial No. 298,902

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in inking pads for stampingmachines.

An important object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensiveand highly efficient inking pad for stamping machines which can bereadily fitted to, and removed from, existing types of machines withoutalterations to, or interference with, the normal functions of suchmechanisms.

A further object of the invention is to provide an inking pad of thecharacter which will overcome certain practical objections to, anddefects in, the present types of inking pads used in connection withstamping machines.

A further object of the invention resides in an open ended channelshaped holder for absorbent inking pads which are to be moved into andout of position from either end of the holder.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of arectangularly shaped absorbent felt inking pad that need not be glued toa retainer to hold the same in operative position in the retainer.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this application, and in which likecharacters of reference are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe same.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of one type of stamping machine, and aninking pad holder and pad therefor, which embodies the features of myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with parts thereof broken away andshowing the inking pad holder and pad partly in sectional elevation.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of inking pad holder.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line l--i of Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a bottom Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken Fig. 5.

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of the holder in an inverted position.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the one piece absorbent ink containingpad.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration only, is showna preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral l0 designates,generally, one type of stamping machine. This plan view of the holder.

on line 6--6 of Z type of machine is customarily used in stores formarking merchandise with the purchase price thereof.

The machine designated H], as illustrated, embodies a base framestructure ll having a partially open bottom side and an invertedreceptacle, or pocket designated l2 located at the upper end of the baseframe structure II. The machine is also provided with a spring loadedhandle l3 and a connected yoke I l which is movable up and down foractuating, or turning upside down a carrier for a plurality of rotatablysupported rubber bands l5, l8, l1 and I8, herein known as charactercontaining bands. Other types of stamping machines may be provided withmy improved inking pad.

The inking pad, generally, includes a holder designated, generally, asl9, and an absorbent ink containing pad 20, rectangular in shape, andpreferably formed as a single piece of suitable felt cut to fit theholder and positioned therein and removable therefrom from either endonly of the holder.

The holder 19 includes and embodies an open ended channel shaped body,or member having a horizontal plate-like top wall 2! having a verticalflange, leg, or side wall 22 along one longitudinal edge of the wall 2!and which terminates in an inwardly projecting flange lying in spacedparallel relation with the wall 2|. The wall 2| also has a secondvertical flange, leg, or side wall 23 along the opposite longitudinaledge thereof which terminates in two spaced apart inwardly projectingflanges 24 and 25 lying in spaced parallel relation with the horizontalwall 2|. The reference character 26 designates an intermediate outwardlyprojecting finger gripping flange which is a termination of the sidewall 23.

The reference numeral 21 designates two outwardly projectingprotuberances on the vertical flanges, legs, or side walls 23 of theopen ended channel shaped retainer which are adapted to be frictionallyreceived in corresponding recesses 28 formed in opposed inner walls ofthe retainer receiving receptacle, or pocket l2 at the upper end of thebase frame structure ll of the stamping machine so as to guard againstdownward displacement of the ink pad receiving holder ES.

From the foregoing description, it will be recognized that I haveprovided a very simple and inexpensive structure to be used as an inkingpad for stamping mechanisms, which will overcome certain practicalobjections to, and defects in the present types of inking pads forstamping machines. and in which gluing of an absorbent ink containingpad to a retainer is entirely eliminated because the retainer is soflanged that the absorbent pad which, in its entirety, is but a singlepiece of suitable ink absorbing felt, is placed in the holder by movingit thereinto from either end of the retainer and removed therefrom fromeither end of the holder.

The many advantages of the herein described invention will readilysuggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

What I claim is:

1. In an inking pad holder for self inking hand stamping machines, aU-shaped member having open ends, the opposed wall portions of themember terminating in flat horizontal inwardly projecting flanges, oneof the flanges having a section thereof projecting outwardly and lyingin a plane with the other flanges to serve as a flat horizontallydisposed finger grip to manipulate the holder, and a felt pad insertedinto and removed from the holder from either of the open ends thereof.

2. In a holder as defined in claim 1, including an outwardly projectingdetent on the opposed walls of the holder and midway the ends thereof.

3. An inking pad for self inking hand stamping machines having, incombination, a U-shaped holder with the opposed walls thereof providedwith inwardly directed flanges lying in a plane with each other and withone of the walls having a flat horizontally disposed outwardlyprojecting finger gripping flange type handle intermediate the ends ofthe holder and lying in a plane with the inwardly directed flanges, andsaid holder having open ends to facilitate inserting a felt inking padinto the holder and for removing the inking pad therefrom.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 351,928 Laughton Nov. 2, 1886 1,230,783 Rice June 19, 19171,401,436 Pannier Dec. 27, 1921 1,987,802 Ryan Jan. 15, 1935

